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Silent Circle today unveiled the world’s first enterprise privacy platform, a unique combination of devices, software and services, based upon and built from a fundamentally different mobile architecture –ZRTP. It includes the launch...

With all due respect toDorothy Parker, I'm not entirely sure whether the wearing of eyeglasses will any wayimpact your love life, let alone marital status. Then again, the satirist and Round Table foundermay have been on to something judging...

Is new X-ray radar enabling law enforcement agencies to effectively peer inside U.S. homes? A startling new report from MSN News this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, reveals that over 50 patrol groups use radar technology which can help them look into...

On Wednesday, the GOP-led House passed the intelligence authorization for fiscal 2015 which, Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., said contained “one of the most egregious sections of law I've encountered during my time as a representative,"...

The Beloit, Wisconsin Police Department on Tuesday withdrew an offer made by Chief Norm Jacobs to have officers search homes for firearms after publicity over the proposal created a public outcry across the Internet.The announcement came from the...

With the advent of social media, has privacy become a myth? Actually, it isn’t and it shouldn’t be. Facebook is one of the most popular social media channels nowadays, and it’s actually easy to use it without having your privacy...

A Saratoga County, N.Y. sheriff’s sergeant abruptly resigned Monday after a video showing him apparently slapping a young man during a routine traffic stop because the motorist would not allow the cop to search his car for a firearm, was...

A creepy new website is hacking private security CCTV webcams around the world and linking to them online for anyone to watch. Insecam, a site which claims to have privacy protection as its goal, is probably illegal, but that hasn't stopped...

When a data breach occurs at a major retailer like Target or at a financial giant like JPMorgan Chase, consumers aren't afraid to voice their displeasure. As a recent HyTrust poll revealed, customers will speak with their wallets by taking...

A recent survey of 1,000 people in the U.S. conducted by Toluna QuickSurveys found that 30% of responders are not concerned about the recent hacking into iCloud and JPMorgan, and this does not surprise Jeff Lund, Information Security Officer at...

Social media has the tendency to make people feel illogically comfortable, "private", and secure. The truth is, there are often security breaches, leaks, and "over-sharing" occurring through social media. On Saturday, October...

There is a widely quoted phrase that “trust takes years to build, seconds to destroy, and forever to repair.” At a luncheon attended by high-level technology executives and analysts in San Francisco yesterday, everyone associated with...

In this era of big data, there are some things you would probably consider to be personal and private information. This would include your political party, religion, where you shop, the number of children you have and their ages, your birthdate,...

2014 has been an important year not only for privacy breaches, but for victims of privacy violations. Although there have been more data breaches than ever before, disproportionately targeting U.S. consumers, there are few legal remedies left for...

In the wake of reports earlier this week that questioned the necessity of asking race and ethnicity questions on the Federal Form 4473 to purchase a firearm, two members of Congress today introducedlegislationthat would outlaw the practice.Reps....